New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-09

Strangers in Danbury don't need 10 be told vhere
the fair grounds All roads lead TO bag'lad and
all travellers going that way. Vehicles OF every
description fill the roads till they resemble Broadway
blockade Each arriving train, long and heavy
that the great engines grOan and protest against tho
work demanded OF them is crowded to sufOcatiOn
1t seems a, If nobody had stayed at home The
country girl and her young man come in droves, bot
In their sunday eI-tC meeting clothes a. a"kwaId as
windmills and silent stones Tho New England
country Gil is not beautiful Her face is bronzed and
the hairlre~-cr's art has never been her way. Her
best frock came down f)n several generations Of
maiden auns, and its silken simmer appears TO have
consistency enough for only few shlmmers more
Her hat has many queer things ON II STUCK
about IA odd places. Her boots rusty and slo
walks If she all the while getting over fau
fences But she has fine Gear eyes and a sweet
voice and when she has her young man by her siae,
popcorn bah IN one hand and stick of lemon candy
In the other. She looks happy and content a.
frog on log in waery bog. lie, sturdy icHo"
that he j. look. cnmsy and conscious lie feels That
the eyes Of fiucking multitude arc turned upon
him and he longs for the high backed lounge III her
sitting room with her by his side and the Old folks
sted His good cloes" also are sore afction bun
he bear, I'D manfully and gapes in wonder while
tkr Offers him Splendid cigars" II he can Knock
all the nincpins the board at i've cents sho'
A trip 10 the Danbury Fair is a Journey not to be
lightly under aiken. The children 90 to bed Tor weeks
dreaming about 1t, and the night before inc start -
made eclip-cs Christmas Eve. The farm house has
been Thoroughly cleaned that day and all the hco
shooed out OF the paIlOr and the "spare room"
magnificent fa, has been prepared biscuit and tongue
and ham and apple sass and cold pudding ana FRED
chicken and pumpkin ple-oh, such pumpkin pic
aud when night the critters" IN the barn anu
tie chickens IN the yard have caught the agHauoh'
The horses neigh aIdcntly In anticipation Oh thcit
early start The turkeys gobble the ducks guack ana
the cbi,ten. cackle a. il tlry were crazy The children
won't 70 10 Sleep and when at last the clock out IN
the coonnade strikes ten the old mans patience Is
exhausted and he vows TO 60 step unless the
house gets quiet This threat avails ana soon inc
occasional baking OF the dogs out on the lawn anu
ths noises u no cattle In tho barnyard arc ali the sou
which d,tur1 the nights stiffness. But AT oclOcA
the whole house l. alive again. The horses are mar
nsssed 10 the dearborn and tied up all rady al 'he
front gate The children " zone up in their best
the good vif, puts on her good Bingham and the old
man hi, brown corded flock coat. Bud carnes
stick aud sis looks glorious In ancestral gown ann
thus Just as the sun begins to peep above the apple
orchard. the country folk on their way 10 inc
Danbury Iair.
All thee, f-ieni- and neighbors ION dozen ooun-
ties arrive at about the time, ana when 'ho
towspcoplc come I'm from the trains more IMAM a
th,u'and horses AID si"aees al" already al camp on
the grounds The scene + much like southern camp
Meeting on SUNDAY morning when tho BEh'p
breaches. Every hind OF vehicle contributes to It's
picturesqueness from the cart to the tandem Tho
prevailing wagon Is tho buggy, In which the young
people come. The first serious attention which a
young Connecticut farmer pays to his girl f. to drive
her over 10 the Danbury Fair Under the seats they
carry 'heir luncheon, and luncheon fit for king It
Is, too. And after srolling through tho exhibition
buildings, Just before the racing begins they all flock
out to their wagons and spread their table cloths upon
their knees.